Sickness, medical welfare and the English poor, 1750-1834
Bände/Inhalt:
- LOCATING SICKNESS AND MEDICAL WELFARE - 1. The ecology of poor relief - 2. Defining and measuring - 3. Negotiating medical welfare - THE SCALE AND CHARACTER OF MEDICAL WELFARE - 4. Treating the sick poor: a quantitative overview - 5. Medical people - 6. Wider medical welfare - 7. Dying, being buried and leaving people behind - PAROCHIAL MEDICAL WELFARE IN CONTEXT - 8. Institutions and the sick poor - 9. The medical economy of makeshifts - 10. Making sense of diversity